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Old 04-25-2007, 03:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ankle sleeves are for weak or injured ankles. they are going to offer you compressive support which will help a bit to keep your ankle from rolling in most normal circumstances and maintain proper movement during motion and provide warmth to the area to keep the muscles and ligaments lose and limber. one of the things to keep in mind though is that wrestling/bjj/grappling is a contact sport, so without a rigid brace there are no garauntees that they will stop you from breaking your ankle. the only way to completely insure that you won't break your ankle is if you wear some kind of immobilizing brace (which is completely impractical) or you don't grapple. sleeves just aren't made to do that much.
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